Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license narcotic treatment programs to use narcotic replacement therapy in the treatment of addicted persons and makes legislative findings in support of coordinated narcotic treatment programs in this regard. Existing law specifies the controlled substances a licensed narcotic treatment program may use for narcotic replacement therapy by licensed narcotic treatment programs, including federally approved, controlled substances used for narcotic treatment. Existing law authorizes the department to approve an office-based narcotic treatment program in a remote site, if certain conditions are met, that include, among others, a physician at a remote site may treat up to a maximum number of 20 patients, who are provided with a specific pharmacological treatment.
California AB 395 (20172018) — Substance use treatment providers.
Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license narcotic treatment programs to use narcotic replacement therapy in the treatment of addicted persons and makes legislative findings in support of coordinated narcotic treatment programs in this regard. Existing law specifies the controlled substances a licensed narcotic treatment program may use for narcotic replacement therapy by licensed narcotic treatment programs, including federally approved, controlled substances used for narcotic treatment. Existing law authorizes the department to approve an office-based narcotic treatment program in a remote site, if certain conditions are met, that include, among others, a physician at a remote site may treat up to a maximum number of 20 patients, who are provided with a specific pharmacological treatment.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 395 BOCANEGRA Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
AB 395 BOCANEGRA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Bocanegra — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-10 From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
2017-02-21 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2017-03-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-03-06 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2017-03-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2017-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1389.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-18 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2017-06-08 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 7). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2017-06-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2017-06-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-07-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-07-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-08-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2178.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2017-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2754.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2017-09-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-09-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 223, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/839d2f70-7fbb-42bb-a7ab-c648007fac9b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).